Burns owners of the Home Reccer's BBS UNITE!

[Armistice]

I was just reading through the Burns vs. Mexi Strat thread and I realised that I wasn't the only Burns owner here..

If you have also one, make yourself known... tell me your story.

I bought mine in 1983 when an intrepid music shop imported just two into the country (Australia), mine and a black Marvin - they were the same price as a Strat (US - not sure they were making them anywhere else at that stage). I really wanted a strat but this guitar was far heavier and so I took it on as a personal weightlifting challenge.... I had absolutely no idea of what I was doing, but I've always been glad I bought something that no-one else has. Still haul it out every now and then to restring it - the brass nut to brass saddle string length gives it this truly amazing sustain - not great on distorted sound, but really nice clean.

Tried to sell it a couple of years ago, and cleaned it all up and replaced the rusty screws and then decided I just couldn't do it.

To this day it's the heaviest guitar I've ever lifted.

People have since told me it's not a "real" Burns but I never really figured out why - it's got Burns written all over it... I always just thought it was the coolest guitar ever, and the only one to have a pair of horns carved in the headstock.. doesn't really look like the Bisons of today and vintage times though.

I love that guitar, it's such a part of me.

Here's it and me about 20 years ago. Neither of us has aged much since....

My Burns Bison '83

 

[timmerman]

Play your guitars, do not lock them away.............

I do not have a Burns myself, yes I like the look, feel and sound of them, but there are so many guitars I do like so.....................

But here is a little story of someone who does own one:

It is the father of two sons I teach guitar. Well the father does not really play, but he likes having nice things, so he bought himself a reissue model and keeps it safely locked in his attick, his sons are not allowed to play the guitar. One day, when a string broke on one the sons guitars and we did not have a spare one around, I suggested getting the Burns out as daddy was not around so....................................

The instrument played lovely and even the sons, who do not have all that much experience, thought it sounded and felt much better than their copy fender strats.............................

No the dad has not found out yet about this little adventure.....................

You know what? He also has a BMW in his garage which only comes out on Sundays, I guess you can see a pattern there in his behaviour..............

Eddie

 

[acidrock]

I don't have a Burns but I do love ugly guitars.
Strats and LPs are so generic.

 

[Mark7]

They're not ugly

They have character

 

[acidrock]

They're not ugly

They have character

I'm sorry,I meant to say "unique".

 

[timmerman]

Strats and LPs are so generic.

I love the word "generic"

Nearly as multipurposeful as the word

Now that is great, as within a short space of time we will be able to express ourselves with items like these, since they cover a whole lot of meaning

Eddie